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Minutes after the 2015 legislative session was complete, Gov. Terry McAuliffe told reporters he was going to make sure the partisan makeup of next year's session would be different. The Democratic governor predicted his party was going to retake control of the state Senate in this fall's election. "It's going to be a full-out campaign," McAuliffe said. "We need to pick up one seat and I feel very confident we're going to do it." Republicans currently have a 21-19 advantage in the Senate, having gained a seat after the surprise resignation of former Democratic Sen. Phil Puckett last summer. Democrats would take control with a 20-20 split thanks to...

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Minutes after the 2015 legislative session was complete, Gov. Terry McAuliffe told reporters he was going to make sure the partisan makeup of next year's session would be different. The Democratic governor predicted his party was going to retake control...